SAFETY ADVICE

Are your Passwords strong?

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Whenever you register a new account, you will be asked to create a password. Some websites already require you to enter a strong password. Others don’t. But what is a strong password and – do you have it?

What makes a strong password?

A strong password:

has a minimum of 12 characters

is not a word or combination of words

contains letters(upper and lower case), numbers and symbols

Example weak password:

password123

H0me1

Example strongpassword:

Uz3_9w+1;qN<

0=Pe_2xtZ1.30

How strong is your password?

Kaspersky security offers you a password checker to see how long a computer would take to crack your password.

Don’t enter your password in every password checker. It could be a phishing website.

Different password for different account?

A different password for every different account would be the gold standard of security. The only obvious problem – how to memorizeall the different complex passwords?

Password managers.

They are applications that store all your passwords securely – so you would only need to remember one password. The one to your password manager.

Write them down.

You could write them in a notebook. The only problem – you could lose it or a person could get their hands on it.

Create a txt. file

You could store your passwords in a dedicated txt. file on your computer. Warning: Some viruses search for such files.